accidental
/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/ adjectif B1En français : accidentel
- Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
- Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
- Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
- Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
- Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. · The discovery was purely accidental.· He was killed by an accidental gunshot.
- Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
Dans la bibliothèque
Phelps never said so, and nobody else knew anything of the matter, then the thief’s presence in the room was purely accidental.
Bingley had not been of age two years when he was tempted, by an accidental recommendation, to look at Netherfield House.
At that ball, while I had the honour of dancing with you, I was first made acquainted, by Sir William Lucas’s accidental information, that Bingley’s attentions to your sister had given rise to a general expectation of their marriage.
Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of importance.
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